The Spitfire Society is happy to announce that our Spitfire replica Aksel was successfully moved from Beale Park today thanks to the professionalism of Active Transport Ltd. Hopefully after some restoration and repainting she will be joining the North East Land, Sea and Air Museums in Sunderland.

To find out more and contribute see http://www.spitfiresociety.org/donate-us....

Air Models are offering a discount scheme using the link below which also benefits the Society with a percentage of each sale being donated to our charitable objectives. We'll regularly publicise some of their great models in return. https://airmodels.net/?...

Royal International Air Tattoo 2018 images now available in the member's area of the website along with more exclusive content....

Southampton has a number of memorials to the Supermarine workers and the Spitfire.

There is a plaque that commemorates the Supermarine workers killed during the Luftwaffe raids on the factory in September 1940, click here to find out more.  This is situated in Spitfire Court off Hazel Road in Southampton, underneath the Itchen Bridge.  Nearby on Hazel Road is a memorial commissioned by the Supermariners Association to RJ Mitchell.  The Royal Air Force ...

Background

I had always been a keen aviation enthusiast from an early age. I was very lucky as a child in having parents that encouraged my hobbies and interests. A stable diet of all sorts of Airfix models and of course the Spitfire were built in many scales. I started with the simpler models before moving onto the larger and more complex offerings. The 1/24 Spitfire was the best, with it's rubber tyres and moving parts. The big change ...

The Spitfire Society is proud to announce that we now have a complete run of periodicals (1984-2018) available to members as digital files. This represents a treasure trove of information so why not join today at http://spitfiresociety.org/content-Membership … and start accessing our exclusive content....

The Spitfire Society is proud to announce that Yvonne Malan has kindly agreed to become a Vice-President of the Society.

Yvonne Malan was born in South Africa and educated at New College, University of Oxford. Her research interests include post-conflict reconstruction and transitional justice. She is the founder of the prestigious Bram Fischer Memorial Lecture at the University of Oxford. A former Oxford ‘Blue’, she is a keen runner, cricketer and boxer.

Yvonne will as part of ...

On the centenary of the Royal Air Force we include this interview below with Francis William Long who served during the First World War, involved in the Schneider Trophy races and development of the new monoplane fighters and Merlin engine.  This is just one of many interviews we have in the member's section so join today and access this exclusive content.

British officer served as pilot with Royal Flying Corps and 65 Sqdn, RAF in GB and Belgium, ...

James Edgar 'Johnnie' Johnson interview.  British officer served as pilot with 616 and 610 Sqdns, RAF in GB, 1940-1943; commanded 127, 144 and 125 Wings, RAF in GB and in North West Europe, 1943-1945. Served with US Air Force in Korea, 1950-1951.  

Elizabeth Henderson interview.  British civilian pilot served with Air Transport Auxiliary at Hatfield, Cosford and Luton ferry pools in GB, 1941-1945.  

Eric Melrose 'Winkle' Brown interview.British officer served as pilot with 801 Sqdn, Fleet Air Arm during ...

The member's area of the website has many new additions which include the following.  Please ask for log in details if you're a member or please do join the Society to access this exclusive content.

Rare interviews with Air Chief Marshal Lord Hugh Caswall Tremenheere Dowding; Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Rodney Park; Ginger Lacey and Dizzy Allen.  The Spitfire documentary from 1987.

Further interviews with Hugh Lawrence Parry who flew Spitfires during the siege of Malta and his experiences as a prisoner ...